CAT/C/75 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page D. Lack of judicial supervision while a detainee is being held by the Public Prosecutor’s Office .................. 185 - 186 39 E. Obligation to register every detainee ............................... 187 - 189 40 F. Right of the accused to defence counsel .......................... 190 - 195 40 G. Detainees’ confessions, the authorities competent to receive them and their evidentiary value ..................... 196 - 203 41 H. Investigation of reports of torture and punishment of those responsible ......................................................... 204 - 217 43 VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................. 218 - 220 45 VII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE AND FOLLOW-UP TO THE REPORT ................................ 221 48 PUBLICATION OF THE COMMITTEE’S REPORT AND REPLY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO ................................................................................ 222 49 VIII. PART TWO. REPLY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO ...... 223 - 336 49 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 223 - 237 49 II. GENERAL COMMENTS ...................................................... 238 - 251 50 III. CHARACTERISTICS AND FREQUENCY OF CASES OF TORTURE ....................................................................... 252 - 279 53 LEGAL MECHANISMS OFFERING PROTECTION AGAINST TORTURE, AND HOW THEY OPERATE .............................................................................. 280 - 284 60 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................. 285 - 336 60 List of annexes ............................................................................................................... 83 IV. V.

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